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  • Offline zpyder

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on: June 23, 2009, 20:59:53 PM
Anyone recommend one?

My one is a bit of a relic from college, or even school. Its so old it rattles whilst scanning and takes maybe 45-60 secs to scan a single page...in black and white.

Mind you I remember buying it for about £30-40 back then, which is nothing compared to the prices of scanners nowadays it seems!
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Re:Scanners
Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 21:22:42 PM
I bought an Epson SX105 Colour printer in currys for £40 and it comes with a Scanner, its a bit of a monster printer though
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Reply #2 on: June 23, 2009, 21:23:24 PM
I thought scanners were of the technological level now where cheap really is cheerful?

Im pretty sure even the last cheapie all-in-one printer I had had a half decent scanner.
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Reply #3 on: June 24, 2009, 00:17:03 AM
the best scanner Ive ever used was my canoscan-300... which I bought when my P133 was top of the range !

ran on 240v direct, and conected up to a scsi port.... was fast as hell !
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Reply #4 on: June 28, 2009, 01:21:05 AM
Personall Id go and get a HP all in one photosmart for the money.
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  • Offline zpyder

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Reply #5 on: June 28, 2009, 09:14:26 AM
Problem is I have a very good Canon printer :(
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Reply #6 on: June 28, 2009, 12:19:47 PM
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Problem is I have a very good Canon printer :(


Id still go with a all in one device, it can be a backup printer and you can use it as a copier too.
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Re:Scanners
Reply #7 on: June 28, 2009, 13:55:55 PM
Yeah will probably do that when I finally move out, would make sense as I likely wont have that much space.
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Reply #8 on: June 28, 2009, 18:17:03 PM
The all-in-one my dad has is interesting. Scanning an A4 page at full res, then opening it in PaintShop causes his comp to fall over (3700@2.4ghz + 2gb RAM).

Just a cheap £40 jobbie from Staples I think.
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Re:Scanners
Reply #9 on: June 28, 2009, 22:37:29 PM
Modern scanners all have very high resolution and usually at least reasonable output. Only real place you are going to find differences is by reading reviews.
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